Why do you need HR in your business?

Why do you need HR in your business?

Most people start up a business because they have a passion or a skill in a particular area. If only businesses could be ran by passion and skills alone!

But there are always going to be additional areas to your business that you can’t do alone. Maybe you just don’t have the time or it's something that you cannot do. Hence why accountants and marketing companies are so busy. But what about HR? Why do you need HR in your business?

Firstly, HR covers much more than just treating your staff well. They cover all kinds of employment legislation such as absences, disabilities, holidays, contracts, disciplinaries, grievances, equality, data protection, working hours, etc, etc, etc. The list can go on and on! HR professionals are experts in their fields and not as expensive lawyers. You might think that you don’t need a disciplinary policy for example. And if you do, you can simply google it, right? Right, you will find a decent policy online. But will it give you specific inside info on how to handle the whole process properly? Is it up to date with current legislation? Will it tell you what to do if things become a bit more complicated? And will it be comprehensive enough to defend your business at a tribunal court? With so much conflicting advice online, it helps to have an expert on hand to go to.

Secondly, there are so many areas that HR can not only support your business on, but positively boost your business on. HR can advise and train you on key leadership skills, show you how to improve your staff performance to increase profits, how to lower absence rates to save your business money, how to recruit the right staff to take your business to the next level. All this and more!

Thirdly, and most importantly, HR gives your business a professional structure to allow it to grow and develop so you can truly achieve your dreams. HR professionals are there to answer all the little niggly questions and deal with all the minor issues before they become horrendously massive. Leaving you more time, energy and resource to focus on what you love doing, growing your business.

So tell me why you need HR in your business.

Just comment below and let us know what HR issues keep you awake at night? What causes you the most pain with your employees? What would it mean to you if your time wasn’t tied up in dealing with people issues, if everyone in your team turned up for work regularly and on-time and just got on with the job?